Curtain and shade hanger.



H, H. C. NEEM/IS.A

CURTAIN AND SHADE HANGER. APPLlcATroN man ocT.4.1915.

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HARVEY ABRAMS ANI) HICKS C. ABRAIVIS, OF LONG PINE, NEBRASKA.

CURTAIN AND SHADE HANGER.

Application filed Qctober 4, 1915.

detached from a window without marring.

the woodwork thereof and which will eliminate the necessit)7 of using nails or other fasteninga devices for holding it in position.

rl`he invention has as a further object to provide a device of this character which mav be adjusted to t. windows of various widths and which when in place. will present a neat and attractive appearance.

And a still further object oil the invention is to provide an adjustable mounting for the shade brackets employed of such character that the said brackets mav be easily positioncd to receive shade rollers of different lengths. A

Other and` incidental objects will appear as the invention proceeds and in the drawings wherein we have illustrated the pre- .'lierred embodiment ot the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 isla perspective view showing` our improved device applied to a conventional type ot' window7 Fig. Q is a sectional view .more particularly showing` the mounting ot' the shade brackets employed,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary `front elevation showing-the vieldable locking,y member carried by one of the curtain rod supporting arms afnd adapted to engage thel free end of holding the rod in fixed position. and i Fig. 4 is a Side elevation ot the outer terminal of the said curtain rod supporting' arm particularly illustrating the manner in which the. free end of the said arm is bent to provide the locking member i''or the free end ot the curtain support-ing rod.

ln carrying out our invention, the body lportion of the device is formed to include a pair of attaching members 10 which are o'- set adjacent the inner extremities thereof,

.opposite longitudinal edges of Specification of Letters Itatent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1.917. Serial No. 54,025.

as particularl)7 shown in Fig. 2 and are terininally screw threaded to receive a con.- nelcting sleeve 11, the sleeve 11, of course, being provided with right and left hand screw threads. The outer extremities of the attaching members are flattened and are pro vided with'laterally directed terminal lugs i or arms 12.

In Fig. 1 ot' the drawings, 'we have shown our improved device in connection with a conventional type of window 13. The attachimgr members are arranged adjacent the upper end of the Window to extend transversely thereof with, the lugs 12 engaging the window casing, and with the flattened portions of the said members seating against the front' face ot.' the casing'. lVhen soI positioned, the connecting"sleeve 11 will be supported in spaced relation to the adjacent face of the casing' so that it may be readil)rv turnedwfor drawing the lugs into engagement withhthe casingr and thus fixing the device in position upon the window. to be noted that we struction wherein the thus provide a conuse of nails or other .fastening` devices is eliminated and which may be readil)v attached to or detached from withoutl marring` the woodwork of the window. Furthermore, by means of the sleeve 11, the attaching members may be adjusted to tit windows of 'arious'widths Mountedupon the outer flattened extremities of theattaching members are shade brackets 14, the outer extremities of which are arranged to project laterally` from the said attaching` members and are formed with openings to respectivel'v receive the trunnions atopposite ends of a shade roller 15, the roller being conventionally illustrated. The shade brackets are each substantially l. shaped and the inner extremities thereof are arranged to seat 'flatly against the flattened portions of the attaching members 1.0 and are longitudinally slotted to tiret-)l57 receive bolts or other suitable tasA tellingf devices 16 fitted through the attachina` members. Associated with the shade brackets are stop lugs or pins 17 arranged to project laterally `from the attaching members to engage over the upper edges of the slotted terminals of the brackets adjacent the inner ends thereof as more particularly shown in Fig. 2.

It will ',noW be noted that by releasing the nuts of the bolts 16, the shade brackets may i In this connection, it is be adjusted longitudinallyof the attaching members to receive shade rollers ofdilfe'rent lengths while .the stops` 17 will" serve as guides-for the said bracketsland overcome anytendency of the brackets to pivot upon the bolts.

Projecting laterally from the outer extremities of the attaching members are curtain rod supporting arms 18 and 19 respectively which extend outwardly beyond the shade brackets 14 and are located substantially in the same plane therewith. These arms are each preferably form-ed from a single length of resilient 'wire or other suitable material. The arm 18, at its outer eX- tremity., is bent laterally to provide a depending terminal to which is pivotally conber an 'to forniti-the other jaw, the said last mentioned jaw being deflected, or offset laterally outof the planeof the said first mentioned jaw. In. this manner, the jaws may be so positioned 'relative to each other that normally, the inner faces thereof will nearly touch a common plane so that when `the free extremity of the rod 20 is inserted betweenv the jaws, the said jaws will yieldably grip the rod vfor effectually holding it in a fixed position, while, at the same time, the free end of the rod may be easily inserted between the aws owing to the fact that the upper extremities thereof are out of register. However, to facilitate the operation of engaging the rod between the jaws, the upper extremity of the outermost jaw is provided with a laterally directed terminal curving away from the upper extremity of the innermost jaw and by first engaging the free end of the rod with the said terminal, downhward force may the'n be applied tothe rod to,.urge the vfree extremity thereof 'between the jaws.

It will therefore be seen that we provide a very simple 'and efficient construction and it so that the entire device in practice, will' present a neat and` attractive appearance.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

' 1. A device of the character described including a body portion, fixed arms extending therefrom with one of said arms provided with relatively straight downwardly converging gripping jaws,'and a horizontally arranged curtain supporting rod pivotally 'connected at one extremity to the other of said arms to move in a stantially right angles -to the said arms with the rod movable to a position with the free end thereof wedged between said jaws. 2; A device of the character described including a body portion, arms fixed to the plane, at subv body portion to extend outwardly therey from, one of said arms being provided with a hook having inwardly convergin jaws, and a curtain supporting rod pivotafly connected to the other of said arms with the rod movable to a .position with the free end thereof wedged between the jaws of said hook.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures.

HARVEY ABRAMS. pas. HICKS C. ABRAMS. [L. S. 

